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Ramadan: Muslims want mosques opened in last 10 days

Some Muslims have appealed to the government to consider opening up the mosques during the last 10 days of Ramadan, for prayers. ALSO READ: READ: Woman’s...

COVID-19 Virtual Concert Saga: Minister reveals company which funded concert (Video)

Minister for Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has revealed the company which bore the full cost of the virtual COVID-19 concert organised to launch the...

Man jailed 20 years for incest and defilement

A Koforidua Circuit Court B has convicted 39-year-old farmer, James Tetteh, on two counts of defilement contrary to section 101(2) of the criminal and...

Confusion rocks Effutu NDC as machetes, stones, canes greet press conference

Sound reasoning has given way to confusion and pandemonium in the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s Efuttu Constituency branch. A press conference organized by the party’s...

Listen: Effia-Nkwanta Hospital appeals for funds to buy ventilators

The Effia-Nkwanta Hospital, the major referral hospital in the Western and Western North Regions, is appealing to the public to help the facility procure...

READ: Woman’s Facebook post before ‘taking own life’

Missing estate agent, Chelsie Dack, who is feared to have taken her own life wrote a haunting coronavirus Facebook post about how life was getting "scarier...

Owusu Bempah predicts more deadly virus after coronavirus

Founder and Leader of Glorious Word Power Ministry International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah, has predicted that a virus dangerous and scarier than the Coronavirus...

Coronavirus: Ablekuma West records 37 cases; MP cries [audio]

The Ablekuma Central Municipality has recorded 37 confirmed COVID-19 (coronavirus cases). Seven of the cases were recorded on Thursday, April 23, 2020 as part of...

Notorious robber Ataa Ayi’s full confession [Video]

In this video, Ghanaian journalist, Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng, interviews Ghana's highest serving convicted prisoner, Raymond Ayittey, popularly known as Ataa Ayi. He talked about his...

Couple arrested for death of housemaid; family says she was beaten to death [Photo]

A couple in Lagos have been arrested for the death of their 19-year-old housemaid. Mr and Mrs Fortune Stephens were arrested by Operatives of State Criminal...

Korle-Bu to undertake mass burial

Authorities of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital have announced plans to undertake a mass burial of unknown and unclaimed bodies in its mortuary within the...

Coronavirus: Science behind lockdown decision explained

The role of credible data collected in the past three weeks when a partial lockdown was operational in some parts of the country informed...

Achievements of National Chief Imam Sheikh Dr Osman Nuhu Sharubutu as he turns 101

As Ghana’s first National Chief Imam, who has held the position since 1993, celebrates his 101 years Birthday yesterday, let’s take a look at...

Ex-communication in Pentecost biblical – Chairman defends age-old practice [audio]

The Church of Pentecost has no plans of expunging from its book the age-old practice of ex-communicating members who backslide in the church. ALSO READ: Hon...

STC disregards social distancing protocol amid claims it will run at a loss

The management of State Transport Company (STC) has indicated that the company would not be able to observe the social distancing protocol issued by...

Zoomlion workers in A/R agitate over seven- month salary arrears

Workers of waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana, in the Ashanti Region are on a collision course with their employer over unpaid arrears. The workers complain...

Blow-by-blow account of how man was robbed of GH¢123k in Tema

Alhaji Masawudu, has narrated how he was robbed of GH¢123, 000.00 after withdrawal from the Tema Zenith bank branch on Thursday. According to him, he...

Security analyst who predicted Tema robbery hints of cases in these areas

A security analyst with the Africa Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies (ACSIS), who predicted the Tema robbery incident, has hinted of similar cases...

The Multimedia Group donates PPEs to Police Stations and Health Centres at Nima, Maamobi and Kotobabi

Media giant, The Multimedia Group Limited, has donated sets of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Nima and Kotobabi Police Stations, Nima Government Clinic...

Inside Ghana’s biggest slum residents lean on hope to bear Covid-19

Bashiru Adeyinka, 52, looks beaten, as he scavenges through thick waste inside the choked toxic Korle lagoon. He goes through the waste earnestly searching...

Tema robbery: Witnesses steal scattered cash during gun battle

The businessmen, who had gone to a bank in Tema to withdraw GH¢123,345.00 before they were attacked by armed robbers, only managed to salvage...

Taxi driver found dead near Apam Junction [Photos]

A taxi driver, believed to be in his twenties, has been found in a nearby bush at Gomoa Ankamu near Apam Junction in the...

Coronavirus: Check out areas in Greater Accra with cases

Greater Accra remains the epicentre as Ghana battles the coronavirus pandemic. ALSO READ: Lets create country-specific COVID-19 measures and not copy blindly – Akufo-Addo to ECOWASThe...

Listen: Pentecost Church members urged to bury dead relatives

The Church of Pentecost is urging families keeping dead relatives at the morgue to bury them. ALSO READ: We believe in science but God is supreme...

Lets create country-specific COVID-19 measures and not copy blindly – Akufo-Addo to ECOWAS

President Nana Akufo-Addo has underscored the need for African States to use home-grown solutions to fight the coronavirus pandemic. He told his fellow ECOWAS leaders...

NPP Nasara Coordinator celebrates Chief Imam on 101st birthday

The National Coordinator of Nasara Club, a wing of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has congratulated National Chief Imam, Osmanu Nuhu Sharabutu on...

We believe in science but God is supreme – Pentecost leader on need for fasting and prayers[audio]

Chairman of The Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, has underscored the importance of fasting and prayers in this coronavirus era. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Christian Council...

Coronavirus pandemic not a sign of end time – Pentecost Chairman

The Coronavirus pandemic wrecking havoc in the world is not a sign of end time, chairman of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye...

How the nickname Mr Crutches motivated this physically-challenged maths teacher to do more

A hardworking mathematics teacher, Michael Thompson, has narrated how he was first received by his students when he walked into their class. Mr Thompson,...

Covid-19: No mask, no entry – Greater Accra RESEC warns

As part of measures to prevent further spread of the coronavirus in the Greater Accra Region, the Regional Security Council (RESEC) has put in...

There is enough food after lockdown – Agric Minister assures

Food and Agriculture Minister, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, says there is enough food in the country, hence the distribution and marketing of food...

Dr Sledge Duodu presents coronavirus relief items to Accra Police Regional Command

https://youtu.be/k9oSRwZMw6A Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Goldridge Ghana Limited, Dr Sledge Duodu, has presented Coronavirus relief items worth thousands of Ghana Cedis to the Accra...

I’ve laced my boots for any legal tussle Ken Agyapong’s exposé brings – Obinim

Founder and Leader of International God’s Way Church, Bishop Daniel Obinim, says he’s ready to face any legal tussle Kennedy Agyapong has threatened to...

Thief beaten to death at Lingbinsi [Photo]

A suspected thief, Isaiah Abraham Sandowa, believed to be over 30 years of age, has been beaten to death at Lingbinsi village under North...

Chief Imam turns 101 today

Ghana’s National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, is 101 years old today, Thursday, April 23, 2020. The Chief Imam is widely recognised across the...

The lockdown surprise that changed this 56-yr-old shoemaker’s life [Watch]

A 56-year-old shoemaker, Opanin Sarfo’s struggles seems to have come to an end after Crime Check Foundation (CCF) gave him the biggest surprise of...

IGP orders 10,000 police officers to test for Covid-19

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong-Boanuh, has directed that samples of 10,000 officers who took part in enforcing the restrictions on movement in...

Lifting lockdown ban recipe for disaster – CEO expresses worry

THE CHIEF Executive of (CEO) of Marrer Ghana Limited and Susatgad Boat Building and Fishing Industries, Mr Novihoho Afaglo, has said the President's decision...

Fishermen angry after being quarantined in poor room (Photos)

Six fishermen, who have been placed under mandatory quarantine at Sekondi in the Western Region after returning from a fishing expedition from neighbouring Ivory...

Bishop Obinim speaks on Kennedy Agyapong’s revelations

The Founder and Leader of God’s Way Chapel International, Angel Bishop Daniel Obinim, has finally come out to address some allegations leveled against him...